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Trouble / Kieran Finnane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finnane, Kieran, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City and town life--Australia--Northern Territory--Alice Springs.
- City and town life.
- Manners and customs.
- Alice Springs (N.T.)--Social conditions.
- Alice Springs (N.T.).
- Alice Springs (N.T.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- A deep dive into the dark side of Alice Springs, Australia.Trouble explores the complexities of crime and justice in a remote town grappling with social disorder.Through detailed courtroom accounts, Kieran Finnane unveils the tragic stories of violence, feuding families, and the struggles of Aboriginal communities within a dual legal system.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Contents; A note on names and usage; Introduction: One Stone Room; In the Minds of Men; Trouble at the Turn-off; Race in the Dock I; Race in the Dock II; Warlpiri versus the Queen; Ordeal; Epilogue: Coming Through the Gap; Acknowledgements; Notes; Imprint page
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2016).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7022-5717-6
- OCLC:
- 950465266
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